Catherine McCaffrey
Catherine “Cate” McCaffrey, daughter of Chris McCaffrey and Lynn Holley of Ridgefield, has been accepted into the Peace Corps and assigned to work in Mongolia.
While in Mongolia, she will teach English and participate in community projects.
Ms. McCaffrey will begin her Peace Corps assignment in May 2014, after her graduation from Duke University, with degrees in public policy and Arabic.
She currently is vice-president of Duke’s Mock Trial Team and plans to attend law school after her Peace Corps assignment.
While at Duke, she developed her skills teaching English as a second language through tutoring a Somoli refugee family as well as working with refugees in a job skills class.
Ms. McCaffrey is a 2010 graduate of Ridgefield High School.